Issue 23, 2018

1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tartrate chiral ionic liquids: preparation, characterization and opportunities thereof

Abstract

A unified acid/base synthetic access to tartrate-based chiral ionic liquids relying on the generation of cation hydroxide salts with AgOH was challenged with the preparation of sensitive 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium derivatives. Systematic variation of the starting tartaric acid stoichiometry and configuration led to eight stereoisomeric 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen tartrate or di-(1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium)tartrate entities. These salts were all characterised as proper ionic liquids. An unprecedented influence of the configuration ((2S,3S), or (2R,3R) vs. racemic or meso) on dynamic viscosity was observed. The relevance of such tartrate salts as task-specific ionic liquids was demonstrated in a synthetically useful base-promoted intramolecular cyclisation of a C2-symmetrical bis-epoxide en route to the total synthesis of phytofuran metabolites.

Graphical abstract: 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tartrate chiral ionic liquids: preparation, characterization and opportunities thereof

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Jun 2018
Accepted
22 Oct 2018
First published
23 Oct 2018

New J. Chem., 2018,42, 18739-18748

1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tartrate chiral ionic liquids: preparation, characterization and opportunities thereof

T. Castellan, C. Cuyamendous, J. Fitremann, J. Galano, C. Oger, T. Durand, F. Guillen and Y. Génisson, New J. Chem., 2018, 42, 18739 DOI: 10.1039/C8NJ03175D

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